Day 1 :
Embark on your Navajo Service Trip
- Departure from home airport:
Relax and enjoy your scheduled flight.
- Upon arrival:
Your 24-hour Tour Director will meet you at the airport and remain with your group until your final airport departure. You will have a private coach and driver while touring for the next six days.
- Tuba City overview:
Tuba City is an unincorporated town in Coconino County, Arizona, on Navajo lands. It is the Navajo Nation's largest community and the headquarters of the Western Navajo Agency. The name of the town honors Tuuvi, a Hopi headman from Oraibi who converted to Mormonism. The Navajo name for Tuba City, "Tó Naneesdizí" translates to "tangled waters," which probably refers to its many belowground springs that are the source of several reservoirs. Your base for the next six nights will be the Tuba City-area, where breakfast and dinner will be provided at the residence.
- Welcome dinner and orientation session:
Enjoy dinner at your housing site. While here, you’ll participate in an orientation session, covering the health and safety aspects of the week ahead.
- Intro to the Navajo:
View a short documentary about the Navajo community and, afterward, be part of a discussion about the topic.
- Daily Reflection and Group Discussion:
"We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience." - John Dewey
On every evening of the program, we’ll set time aside to update your Reflection Journal and share thoughts and impressions that have come up during the day.
Day 2 :
Tribal Communities
- Service project overview and orientation:
Participate in an orientation session covering today's service activities. Today, you’ll be working on a project site in a tribal community or on a Native American reservation.
- Picnic lunch:
Lunch will be included at the project site.
- Afternoon educational activity:
After your time at the project site, you’ll participate in an educational activity.
- Evening group discussion:
This evening, you’ll learn more about Navajo storytelling. You’ll hear about the importance of storytelling in Native American communities and some of the local tribes’ stories.
Day 3 :
Native American Reservations
- Service project overview and orientation:
Attend an orientation session covering today's service activities—you’ll be at a project site involving Tribal Communities and Native American Reservations.
- Picnic lunch:
Today, lunch will be included at the project site.
- Afternoon educational activity:
After you finish at the project site, you’ll participate in an educational activity.
- Arts and crafts market:
Visit a Navajo and Hopi arts and crafts market.
Day 4 :
Day Trip to Flagstaff
- Service project overview and orientation:
Participate in an orientation session covering today's service activities of working on a project involving Tribal Communities and Native American Reservations and partaking in an outdoor physical activity.
- Picnic lunch:
Lunch will be included at the project site.
- Travel from Tuba City to Flagstaff:
As a gateway to the Grand Canyon and the alpine home to Northern Arizona University, Lowell Observatory, and Route 66, Flagstaff is one of Arizona's most visited towns. Situated at the foot of the San Francisco Peaks, surrounded by pine forests and less than an hour from the Grand Canyon, Flagstaff is an ideal base for visiting a wealth of attractions in the surrounding area.
- Walking tour of Flagstaff:
Enjoy a walking tour through downtown Flagstaff to Heritage Square.
- Group dinner:
Tonight, you’ll enjoy dinner in a local restaurant.
- Lowell Observatory:
Visit the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, established in 1894 and one of the oldest in the United States. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965 and hosts 70,000 visitors per year at the Steele Visitors Center, who can take guided daytime tours and view various wonders of the night sky through the Clark Telescope and other telescopes.
Day 5 :
Continue with Service Work
- Service project overview and orientation:
Attend an orientation session covering today's service activities—working on a project involving Tribal Communities and Native American Reservations.
- Picnic lunch:
Today, lunch will be included at the project site.
- After-dinner stargazing:
Travel to the Louise Yellowman County Park for a stargazing activity. With the park’s limited light pollution, you’ll be treated to a sky full of stars that can only be seen outside of a city.
Day 6 :
Final Day of Service Activities
VIEW FULL ITINERARY
HIDE FULL ITINERARY
